paizo.com Recent Posts by Avatar-1paizo.com Recent Posts by Avatar-12023-01-14T12:20:22Z2023-01-14T12:20:22ZRe: Forums: Website Feedback: Yikes! Buying something is hard! Checkout bugsAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42m8x?Yikes-Buying-something-is-hard-Checkout-bugs#32019-08-07T07:31:10Z2019-08-06T13:27:47Z<p>Can I just add to this; while I didn't experience any bugs, the UX of the checkout is very questionable.</p>
<p>I used to use this site very frequently years ago, stopped only to visit maybe twice a year since then, and came back to buy the new core rulebook for 2E.</p>
<p>First, finding the core rulebook is a bit odd; the first set of rulebooks I was shown led me to only the 1E rulebook. It defaulted to the pre-order tab. I went to Store > Pathfinder > Rulebooks to get there, and the only thing that shows up is "First Edition" bizarrely. </p>
<p>I was a bit stunned and then found the Recent tab, found what I was actually after, and added it to the cart and went to checkout. This was fine.</p>
<p>Then it shows me what's in my cart, I click Proceed to Checkout. "Continue Shopping" as the alternative is always a bit awkward here, but never mind that for now.</p>
<p>The next page is the strangest bit. I have what appears to be 4 buttons - Remove, Save for Later, Remove All, Update Quantities. Well, what? How do I check out? I don't want to do any of those things. I read the buttons over and over trying to think what I could have missed here. </p>
<p>It wasn't apparent that those 1/2/3 buttons were actually buttons at all. </p>
<p>There's no Next or Continue button. </p>
<p>If I wasn't more tech savvy, I could easily have seen myself having given up at this point. That would have been a shame, so here's some feedback for you. The most ideal way to do a checkout is in one page if you can, but at a minimum, those buttons need to be clearer and/or you want a continue button with those other buttons.</p>Can I just add to this; while I didn't experience any bugs, the UX of the checkout is very questionable.
I used to use this site very frequently years ago, stopped only to visit maybe twice a year since then, and came back to buy the new core rulebook for 2E.
First, finding the core rulebook is a bit odd; the first set of rulebooks I was shown led me to only the 1E rulebook. It defaulted to the pre-order tab. I went to Store > Pathfinder > Rulebooks to get there, and the only thing that...Avatar-12019-08-06T13:27:47ZRe: Forums: Website Feedback: About our recent downtime... and a 10% discount for you!Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs428os?About-our-recent-downtime-and-a-10-discount#92018-08-30T02:36:38Z2018-08-30T02:36:38Z<p>I'll just take the discount, thanks</p>I'll just take the discount, thanksAvatar-12018-08-30T02:36:38ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Playtest General Discussion: Leveling-Up Streamlined: Re-Tool the Training Bubbles!Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2vc5v?LevelingUp-Streamlined-ReTool-the-Training#32018-08-16T04:30:48Z2018-08-16T04:30:48Z<p>Make this happen Paizo</p>Make this happen PaizoAvatar-12018-08-16T04:30:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Playtest Prerelease Discussion: Where is the page we'll be able to download the playtest PDF?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v9kf?Where-is-the-page-well-be-able-to-download#32018-08-02T00:49:21Z2018-08-02T00:49:21Z<p>Thanks - I'm just concerned I'm going to miss it because I have no idea what to look for when it changes.</p>Thanks - I'm just concerned I'm going to miss it because I have no idea what to look for when it changes.Avatar-12018-08-02T00:49:21ZForums: Pathfinder Playtest Prerelease Discussion: Where is the page we'll be able to download the playtest PDF?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v9kf?Where-is-the-page-well-be-able-to-download#12018-08-02T00:38:56Z2018-08-02T00:38:56Z<p>I've been looking through the store and the Pathfinder Playtest page and can't find a product page for the playtest, specifically the PDF.</p>
<p>Usually there's "unavailable until xxth-mmm" text in place of where the Buy PDF link is, but where's the product page?</p>I've been looking through the store and the Pathfinder Playtest page and can't find a product page for the playtest, specifically the PDF.
Usually there's "unavailable until xxth-mmm" text in place of where the Buy PDF link is, but where's the product page?Avatar-12018-08-02T00:38:56ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society Playtest: Paizo Blog: Pathfinder Society 2: Replay, Rewards, and RebuildsAvatar-1https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lko1?Pathfinder-Society-2-Replay-Rewards-and-Rebuilds#322018-03-29T03:33:56Z2018-03-29T03:29:03Z<p>Carrying boons over would just mean extra accounting to do for characters in PF2. Less accounting = more fun, so go clean slate for those.</p>
<p>Option 2 sounds fairest for the GM stars. Really dislike option 3. GMing is hard work and recognition is important.</p>Carrying boons over would just mean extra accounting to do for characters in PF2. Less accounting = more fun, so go clean slate for those.
Option 2 sounds fairest for the GM stars. Really dislike option 3. GMing is hard work and recognition is important.Avatar-12018-03-29T03:29:03ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society Playtest: Structure of the Roleplaying Guild GuideAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ux65?Structure-of-the-Roleplaying-Guild-Guide#262018-05-05T05:17:47Z2018-03-14T23:53:09Z<p>If a public game ends early (especially at cons), should GMs be subtracting rewards - even though it's not the player's fault?</p>
<p>The guide doesn't directly mention this at all, and this is table variation that shouldn't exist. The closest thing is Step 7 in filling out a chronicle sheet, but this isn't specific. The next closest is under "Creative Solutions" where "players should find the item elsewhere". This all needs to be simplified and clarified.</p>If a public game ends early (especially at cons), should GMs be subtracting rewards - even though it's not the player's fault?
The guide doesn't directly mention this at all, and this is table variation that shouldn't exist. The closest thing is Step 7 in filling out a chronicle sheet, but this isn't specific. The next closest is under "Creative Solutions" where "players should find the item elsewhere". This all needs to be simplified and clarified.Avatar-12018-03-14T23:53:09ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society Playtest: Structure of the Roleplaying Guild GuideAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ux65?Structure-of-the-Roleplaying-Guild-Guide#252018-05-05T05:17:32Z2018-03-14T23:47:54Z<p>The section on Table Variation has never been explained well enough and reading half of it has led a lot of players and GMs to read the section on "run as written" as gospel without reading the rest. This section needs to be cleaned up, probably in dot point form, to talk about what kinds of things need to stick (like the numbers) and what kind of things can be bent, and in what kinds of situations. </p>
<p>It doesn't have to be pure black and white, and it shouldn't be because that's not how GMing works (even in Society), but it should be specific enough about that as well - to the end that people don't think "Run everything 100% as written no matter what" is gospel. </p>
<p>Leaving this open in the guide is creating a never-ending argument akin to the paladin alignment issue.</p>The section on Table Variation has never been explained well enough and reading half of it has led a lot of players and GMs to read the section on "run as written" as gospel without reading the rest. This section needs to be cleaned up, probably in dot point form, to talk about what kinds of things need to stick (like the numbers) and what kind of things can be bent, and in what kinds of situations.
It doesn't have to be pure black and white, and it shouldn't be because that's not how GMing...Avatar-12018-03-14T23:47:54ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society Playtest: Structure of the Roleplaying Guild GuideAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ux65?Structure-of-the-Roleplaying-Guild-Guide#242018-06-23T02:03:40Z2018-03-14T23:44:02Z<p>Every year there's newbies who don't understand exactly what the items on the chronicle sheet means, but there's a very simple way to explain it: </p>
<p><b>The items on your chronicle sheet get added to your list of "Always Available" items for your character, forever.</b></p>
<p>The guide doesn't say this directly though, it uses a more convoluted way to explain the same thing. Why? Always Available items is a PFS-specific term, and newbies always understand what that means. Good, simple wording, matters - across the board.</p>Every year there's newbies who don't understand exactly what the items on the chronicle sheet means, but there's a very simple way to explain it:
The items on your chronicle sheet get added to your list of "Always Available" items for your character, forever.
The guide doesn't say this directly though, it uses a more convoluted way to explain the same thing. Why? Always Available items is a PFS-specific term, and newbies always understand what that means. Good, simple wording, matters -...Avatar-12018-03-14T23:44:02ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Starfinder Core RulebookAvatar-1https://paizo.com/products/btpy9ssr/discuss&page=5?Starfinder-Core-Rulebook#2102017-04-30T09:43:50Z2017-04-20T04:21:00Z<p>Okay so it comes out in August, I get that, cool. </p>
<p>Can I just have a copy now though? Thanks in advance, PDF is fine. I can appreciate making full books is tricky.</p>Okay so it comes out in August, I get that, cool.
Can I just have a copy now though? Thanks in advance, PDF is fine. I can appreciate making full books is tricky.Avatar-12017-04-20T04:21:00ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Reach on a Tiny creature with a Reach Weapon?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u7mv?Reach-on-a-Tiny-creature-with-a-Reach-Weapon#22017-03-02T04:06:56Z2017-03-02T04:06:56Z<p><a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2klag?Do-tiny-reach-weapons-provide-reach#4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Apparently they do.</a></p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote>Game speak for "DOUBLE" doesn't really mean "twice as much." A creature that's Tiny and has a reach of 0 feet who uses a reach weapon would basically go up to the next stage of reach: 5 feet. Something smaller than Tiny would, at the most, go up to Tiny's level of reach—weapons smaller than those wielded by Tiny creatures, therefore, never have reach.</blockquote><p>Apparently they do.
James Jacobs wrote:Game speak for "DOUBLE" doesn't really mean "twice as much." A creature that's Tiny and has a reach of 0 feet who uses a reach weapon would basically go up to the next stage of reach: 5 feet. Something smaller than Tiny would, at the most, go up to Tiny's level of reach—weapons smaller than those wielded by Tiny creatures, therefore, never have reach.Avatar-12017-03-02T04:06:56ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Starfinder Core RulebookAvatar-1https://paizo.com/products/btpy9ssr/discuss?Starfinder-Core-Rulebook#182021-01-28T01:40:39Z2017-01-27T02:09:00Z<p>Will there be a preorder for the PDF-only version?</p>Will there be a preorder for the PDF-only version?Avatar-12017-01-27T02:09:00ZRe: Forums: Starfinder General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Starfinder—What We've Revealed So FarAvatar-1https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lj4s&page=3?Starfinder-What-Weve-Revealed-So-Far#1302016-12-22T22:58:09Z2016-12-22T22:58:09Z<p>Paizo team - you need to put a link to this blog post (and maybe updated what we know so far posts) on the <a href="http://paizo.com/starfinder/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">main Starfinder page</a>.</p>
<p>This information is a HUGE deal to anyone interested.</p>Paizo team - you need to put a link to this blog post (and maybe updated what we know so far posts) on the main Starfinder page.
This information is a HUGE deal to anyone interested.Avatar-12016-12-22T22:58:09ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: PFS #2-19 Shades of Ice—Part III: Keep of the Huscarl King *Spoilers*Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7hp&page=2?PFS-219-Shades-of-Ice-Part-III-Keep-of-the#572016-09-22T19:50:56Z2016-09-22T06:03:12Z<p>There is a lot of importance in having the players listen to and appreciate Chief Hiryla's story (read it slowly, and at a good volume), as it explains a good bit about the events in the first 2 parts of the series, and prepares them for the stakes of the final battle of the trilogy.</p>
<p>Sometimes GMs fall into the trap of rushing through walls of text, but you'll want to make certain that doesn't happen here.</p>There is a lot of importance in having the players listen to and appreciate Chief Hiryla's story (read it slowly, and at a good volume), as it explains a good bit about the events in the first 2 parts of the series, and prepares them for the stakes of the final battle of the trilogy.
Sometimes GMs fall into the trap of rushing through walls of text, but you'll want to make certain that doesn't happen here.Avatar-12016-09-22T06:03:12ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: GM With Limited ResourcesAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tvue?GM-With-Limited-Resources#42016-09-07T23:00:37Z2016-09-05T05:53:11Z<p>Sounds like GM inexperience. </p>
<p>The trick here is to trust the players most of the time, and only stop to check a rule if something really doesn't sound right. That's why the player has to own their resources.</p>
<p>If the GM is really keen to learn the rules for other classes, point him towards the PRD to pick up what he wants to know.</p>Sounds like GM inexperience.
The trick here is to trust the players most of the time, and only stop to check a rule if something really doesn't sound right. That's why the player has to own their resources.
If the GM is really keen to learn the rules for other classes, point him towards the PRD to pick up what he wants to know.Avatar-12016-09-05T05:53:11ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Pathfinder Society Online - "Official" Discord ServerAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqct?Pathfinder-Society-Online-Official-Discord#122018-01-16T03:05:25Z2016-08-02T02:39:38Z<p>It's come to our attention that Discord's default "light" theme is atrocious on the eyes with the light grey text.</p>
<p>To change this, click on the cog button for <b>User Settings</b> in the bottom-left, then go to <b>Appearance</b>, then click the <b>dark image on the left</b> to change to the dark theme.</p>It's come to our attention that Discord's default "light" theme is atrocious on the eyes with the light grey text.
To change this, click on the cog button for User Settings in the bottom-left, then go to Appearance, then click the dark image on the left to change to the dark theme.Avatar-12016-08-02T02:39:38ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Tomes in PFSAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tswj?Tomes-in-PFS#42016-07-25T12:51:33Z2016-07-25T12:51:33Z<p>This discussion is a copy/paste from a Facebook page thread <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/28750893996/permalink/10153803451788997/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Pirate Rob wrote:</div><blockquote><p>I don't have the link handy but see the Spellstoring FAQ for precedence.</p>
<p><a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fq#v5748eaic9px0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> </blockquote><p>This doesn't make sense - spell storing like the ring of spell storing is not the same as a wondrous item like a tome at all. That FAQ specifically refers to storing a specific spell. This is just a wondrous item, which isn't bestowing a spell on a target.
<p>It's a permanent effect - if you give it to a party member to use, you have to keep the mundane book it becomes, but it wouldn't make sense for the tome's effect to suddenly become temporary in society play. The section this is coming from is listed under "Spells" in the PFS guide, and the tome isn't a spell.</p>This discussion is a copy/paste from a Facebook page thread here.
Pirate Rob wrote:I don't have the link handy but see the Spellstoring FAQ for precedence.
FAQ
This doesn't make sense - spell storing like the ring of spell storing is not the same as a wondrous item like a tome at all. That FAQ specifically refers to storing a specific spell. This is just a wondrous item, which isn't bestowing a spell on a target. It's a permanent effect - if you give it to a party member to use, you have...Avatar-12016-07-25T12:51:33ZRe: Forums: Advice: How does my cleric survive a gunslinger?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tr54&page=3?How-does-my-cleric-survive-a-gunslinger#1342016-06-30T04:41:22Z2016-06-30T04:41:22Z<p>One particularly nasty trick - if you can get in melee range of the gunslinger so that he attracts an AoO - is to attempt to disarm him. </p>
<p>He's carrying his gun - a ranged weapon - so there's nothing he can really do about it. You don't need Improved Disarm since he can't react. If for some reason he can react, you might have to take a bullet, but it's still worth it to avoid taking ten more.</p>One particularly nasty trick - if you can get in melee range of the gunslinger so that he attracts an AoO - is to attempt to disarm him.
He's carrying his gun - a ranged weapon - so there's nothing he can really do about it. You don't need Improved Disarm since he can't react. If for some reason he can react, you might have to take a bullet, but it's still worth it to avoid taking ten more.Avatar-12016-06-30T04:41:22ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Deeper Darkness in a Scroll Case = "Flashdark"?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqlx?Deeper-Darkness-in-a-Scroll-Case-Flashdark#162016-06-23T02:35:45Z2016-06-23T02:35:45Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MeanMutton wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Val'bryn2 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Darkness wrote:</div><blockquote><p> If darkness is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a lightproof covering, the spell's effect is blocked until the covering is removed.
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</blockquote>Based on that, it should work. </blockquote>I stridently disagree. Based on that, it explicitly would not work. The cover is removed so the spell's effect is no longer blocked. It's only blocked as long as it is completely inside or under a lightproof covering with the cover in place. </blockquote><p>It's an awkward picture, but I'm inclined to think this is the spirit of that wording. It's either in the bag or out of the bag - half way doesn't count.MeanMutton wrote:Val'bryn2 wrote: Darkness wrote:If darkness is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a lightproof covering, the spell's effect is blocked until the covering is removed.
Based on that, it should work. I stridently disagree. Based on that, it explicitly would not work. The cover is removed so the spell's effect is no longer blocked. It's only blocked as long as it is completely inside or under a lightproof covering with the cover in place. It's an awkward...Avatar-12016-06-23T02:35:45ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Pathfinder Society Online - "Official" Discord ServerAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqct?Pathfinder-Society-Online-Official-Discord#92016-06-23T02:53:02Z2016-06-23T02:31:56Z<p>This is the internet, it's international !</p>This is the internet, it's international !Avatar-12016-06-23T02:31:56ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Complex Retraining, want to audit legality in a conservative wayAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqp1?Complex-Retraining-want-to-audit-legality-in#52016-06-22T18:43:39Z2016-06-22T05:16:42Z<p>You've explained this in a very confusing way. </p>
<p>What was the character before and what does the character want to become?</p>You've explained this in a very confusing way.
What was the character before and what does the character want to become?Avatar-12016-06-22T05:16:42ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Pathfinder Society Online - "Official" Discord ServerAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqct?Pathfinder-Society-Online-Official-Discord#72016-06-20T05:36:52Z2016-06-20T03:08:09Z<p>It's worth mentioning, if you're planning on using multiple nicknames across different servers, register your account with whichever nickname you plan to use as your "main" nickname, and then change it to whatever you want once you connect. Once your main nickname is set, you can't change it, and this does affect a few things.</p>It's worth mentioning, if you're planning on using multiple nicknames across different servers, register your account with whichever nickname you plan to use as your "main" nickname, and then change it to whatever you want once you connect. Once your main nickname is set, you can't change it, and this does affect a few things.Avatar-12016-06-20T03:08:09ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Can I turn a player away?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq84?Can-I-turn-a-player-away#362016-06-17T04:46:43Z2016-06-17T04:46:43Z<p>I don't know what kind of diplomacy Shannon managed to use, but if a player gave me that kind of entitled attitude without any sympathy of other players, I'd consider that a jerk move, and would tell them they aren't welcome to play at my table. </p>
<p>No player should feel like they can force a GM into a difficult position like that.</p>I don't know what kind of diplomacy Shannon managed to use, but if a player gave me that kind of entitled attitude without any sympathy of other players, I'd consider that a jerk move, and would tell them they aren't welcome to play at my table.
No player should feel like they can force a GM into a difficult position like that.Avatar-12016-06-17T04:46:43ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Pathfinder Society Online - "Official" Discord ServerAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tqct?Pathfinder-Society-Online-Official-Discord#22016-06-17T04:37:35Z2016-06-17T04:37:35Z<p>TL;DR - it's Pathfinder text chat, with voice channels! </p>
<p>On desktop, mobile or web app. Replaces Skype very well, a lot more features.</p>TL;DR - it's Pathfinder text chat, with voice channels!
On desktop, mobile or web app. Replaces Skype very well, a lot more features.Avatar-12016-06-17T04:37:35ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Declare your actions, and then roll for initiative.Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq5p?Declare-your-actions-and-then-roll-for#302016-06-17T02:32:42Z2016-06-17T02:32:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jiggy wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Then the cleric rolls the lowest initiative, and you get this scenario:
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Enemy mage fireballs the party with a high damage roll, killing the fighter and leaving other PCs injured.
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Enemy archer #1 shoots the fighter's body (much easier to hit now).
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Enemy archer #2 shoots the fighter's body as well.
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Enemy archer #3 crits the dead fighter.
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The PC with the highest Wisdom score in the party walks past his injured comrades to cast a powerful healing spell on the charred corpse with three arrows in its face.</p>
<p>That's ridiculous. It's nonsensical. It's so dumb that it's even more immersion-shatteringly "meta" than the modern initiative system you moved away from.</blockquote><p>I don't think this is as nonsensical as it seems. You're forgetting that this is all happening almost at the same time.
<p>The cleric is already on his way to the fighter and casting the spell <i>while</i> 3 arrows are in the air on the way to his body. The cleric just happens to be too slow in completing his action.</p>Jiggy wrote:Then the cleric rolls the lowest initiative, and you get this scenario:
Enemy mage fireballs the party with a high damage roll, killing the fighter and leaving other PCs injured.
Enemy archer #1 shoots the fighter's body (much easier to hit now).
Enemy archer #2 shoots the fighter's body as well.
Enemy archer #3 crits the dead fighter.
The PC with the highest Wisdom score in the party walks past his injured comrades to cast a powerful healing spell on the charred corpse with...Avatar-12016-06-17T02:32:42ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Lending rerolls to other playersAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tp0w?Lending-rerolls-to-other-players#152016-06-01T01:44:48Z2016-05-31T00:59:23Z<p>I'm not sure why it would really be an issue. If you hand out a re-roll, that's one you don't have for yourself. </p>
<p>It should either encourage that player to buy a shirt/folio for next time, or the initial player may have already spent the extra $$ on behalf of others. Everybody wins.</p>
<p>For an online game, this sort of thing relies completely on trust, so while I'd still allow passing along a re-roll, I'd limit it to one re-roll per player regardless of how many shirts/folios that player had purchased, otherwise it'd open the door to cheating too easily. In other words, if you "pass along" your re-roll, you don't get one yourself.</p>I'm not sure why it would really be an issue. If you hand out a re-roll, that's one you don't have for yourself.
It should either encourage that player to buy a shirt/folio for next time, or the initial player may have already spent the extra $$ on behalf of others. Everybody wins.
For an online game, this sort of thing relies completely on trust, so while I'd still allow passing along a re-roll, I'd limit it to one re-roll per player regardless of how many shirts/folios that player had...Avatar-12016-05-31T00:59:23ZRe: Forums: Advice: 10th level mid-life crisis: when damage is just not good enough...Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2torf?10th-level-midlife-crisis-when-damage-is-just#22016-05-27T03:12:07Z2016-05-27T03:12:07Z<p>Start from scratch and tell us where your problem points are.</p>Start from scratch and tell us where your problem points are.Avatar-12016-05-27T03:12:07ZRe: Forums: Advice: I'm batma... I mean Robi... Hmmm; Help naming a VigilanteAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tooy?Im-batma-I-mean-Robi-Hmmm-Help-naming-a#92016-05-26T06:42:40Z2016-05-26T05:41:29Z<p>If the answers so far are anything to go by, this is harder than it looks.</p>If the answers so far are anything to go by, this is harder than it looks.Avatar-12016-05-26T05:41:29ZRe: Forums: Advice: Farewell, Jingasa.Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tocb&page=4?Farewell-Jingasa#1532016-05-23T05:23:02Z2016-05-23T05:23:02Z<p>The <a href="http://www.pfsdb.com/magicitems/bracelet-of-second-chances" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bracelet of Second Chances</a> is hands down the best replacement for the critical-negating portion of the Jingasa. </p>
<p>It's pricey (at 15,750gp on a wrist item), but rightfully so.</p>The Bracelet of Second Chances is hands down the best replacement for the critical-negating portion of the Jingasa.
It's pricey (at 15,750gp on a wrist item), but rightfully so.Avatar-12016-05-23T05:23:02ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Sharing consumables (PFS Rules Change?)Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tn2c&page=8?Sharing-consumables#3902016-08-18T21:45:17Z2016-05-10T05:12:47Z<p>Without rehashing many great posts in this thread, I have to say it seems like the don't be a jerk rule would get around a lot of the issues if we were to allow co-operative reimbursement.</p>
<p>Agreeing to pay someone back would happen on a player level before it happens on a character level.</p>Without rehashing many great posts in this thread, I have to say it seems like the don't be a jerk rule would get around a lot of the issues if we were to allow co-operative reimbursement.
Agreeing to pay someone back would happen on a player level before it happens on a character level.Avatar-12016-05-10T05:12:47ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Poll: Replacing consumables (proposed rules change)Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tn79&page=2?Poll-Replacing-consumables#512016-05-10T04:43:03Z2016-05-10T04:43:03Z<p>If you're going to set up a poll, you're better off doing it with proper poll counting. This thread is incredibly messy.</p>
<p>The easiest way to do that on the paizo messageboards is to have each of your answers as a separate post, and get people to favourite their choices. </p>
<p>It doesn't apply here, but even with this method, you can't guarantee that they're only going to select a single choice.</p>If you're going to set up a poll, you're better off doing it with proper poll counting. This thread is incredibly messy.
The easiest way to do that on the paizo messageboards is to have each of your answers as a separate post, and get people to favourite their choices.
It doesn't apply here, but even with this method, you can't guarantee that they're only going to select a single choice.Avatar-12016-05-10T04:43:03ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Immediate ActionsAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tnfv?Immediate-Actions#92016-05-11T14:11:40Z2016-05-10T04:01:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Undone wrote:</div><blockquote> Feather fall is an immediate action. It interrupts falling.</blockquote><p>This is a pretty good example of a physical non-magical interrupt that everyone can imagine (height of the drop notwithstanding).
<p>The real issue that we need to keep in mind is that presumably some actions give you a moment to do something to interrupt (like falling a fair distance), and some actions are presumably either instantaneous or unnoticeable-until-it's-too-late (and effectively instantaneous). The rules almost never seem to make a distinction.</p>
<p>It seems to me that the answer to this is going to be an errata similar to how free actions work - that it's up to GM discretion with some general guidelines, and there's never going to be a full list of possible things that qualify or don't.</p>Undone wrote:Feather fall is an immediate action. It interrupts falling.
This is a pretty good example of a physical non-magical interrupt that everyone can imagine (height of the drop notwithstanding). The real issue that we need to keep in mind is that presumably some actions give you a moment to do something to interrupt (like falling a fair distance), and some actions are presumably either instantaneous or unnoticeable-until-it's-too-late (and effectively instantaneous). The rules almost...Avatar-12016-05-10T04:01:54ZForums: Website Feedback: Thread deviationsAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tnin?Thread-deviations#12016-05-10T03:56:16Z2016-05-10T03:56:16Z<p>Advice for moderators - if a thread (especially a big thread) deviates into different subjects from the thread's original subject, then interject and ask for the conversation to be moved to a new thread and for that thread to go back on-topic. </p>
<p>Example, if the thread is talking about the effects of a spell that is worth banning, and 2 or 3 or 5 people start talking about immediate actions are at fault, that's a textbook candidate that the idea of clarifying how immediate actions work should be a separate thread.</p>
<p>Paizo's messageboards don't have an upvote/downvote system to indicate relevance of posts, so this kind of thing is really important. </p>
<p>I've been less active on the messageboards recently, but it's dawned on me that this has been a problem since forever, and I'm certainly noticing it now. I've heard from other people in the past that they stay away from the messageboards, and I'm pretty sure the tangents are one of the reasons why - and it's something that can be dealt with (without large changes to swaths of code).</p>Advice for moderators - if a thread (especially a big thread) deviates into different subjects from the thread's original subject, then interject and ask for the conversation to be moved to a new thread and for that thread to go back on-topic.
Example, if the thread is talking about the effects of a spell that is worth banning, and 2 or 3 or 5 people start talking about immediate actions are at fault, that's a textbook candidate that the idea of clarifying how immediate actions work should...Avatar-12016-05-10T03:56:16ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Does falling provoke attacks of opportunity?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tmdd?Does-falling-provoke-attacks-of-opportunity#102016-04-26T05:59:51Z2016-04-26T05:59:51Z<p>Gotcha!
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I've FAQ'd this - there's clearly a RAW and a RAI angle here and it isn't clear which we're meant to be going by.</p>Gotcha!
I've FAQ'd this - there's clearly a RAW and a RAI angle here and it isn't clear which we're meant to be going by.Avatar-12016-04-26T05:59:51ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Does falling provoke attacks of opportunity?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tmdd?Does-falling-provoke-attacks-of-opportunity#72016-04-26T02:22:57Z2016-04-26T02:22:57Z<p>?? Falling is still "doing something".</p>
<p>The rules say movement through a threatened space provokes; they don't talk about the speed of that movement being an exception.</p>?? Falling is still "doing something".
The rules say movement through a threatened space provokes; they don't talk about the speed of that movement being an exception.Avatar-12016-04-26T02:22:57ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Roll for knowledge...but i already faced this thing once.Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tlke&page=5?Roll-for-knowledgebut-i-already-faced-this#2122016-04-29T19:52:26Z2016-04-18T05:07:42Z<p>This is very much an <b>organised play-specific issue</b>, and not even a new one.</p>
<p>Campaign leadership should make a decision on how to handle this, and the ruling should be in the PFS guide.</p>This is very much an organised play-specific issue, and not even a new one.
Campaign leadership should make a decision on how to handle this, and the ruling should be in the PFS guide.Avatar-12016-04-18T05:07:42ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Withdraw from combatAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tlt4?Withdraw-from-combat#42016-04-18T04:27:00Z2016-04-18T04:27:00Z<p>I think RAI indicates that you can only withdraw when you're threatened. </p>
<p>The <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/ultimateEquipment/ringsRodsStaves/rings.html#decoy-ring" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Decoy Ring</a> from Ultimate Equipment strongly implies this, otherwise you'd be able to activate it in a way that clearly isn't intended.</p>
<p>It sounds like that ring is why you're asking. If that's not it, what's the situation?</p>I think RAI indicates that you can only withdraw when you're threatened.
The Decoy Ring from Ultimate Equipment strongly implies this, otherwise you'd be able to activate it in a way that clearly isn't intended.
It sounds like that ring is why you're asking. If that's not it, what's the situation?Avatar-12016-04-18T04:27:00ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: My dog literally ate my chronicleAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tldx?My-dog-literally-ate-my-chronicle#162016-04-13T05:02:42Z2016-04-13T05:02:42Z<p>this is great</p>this is greatAvatar-12016-04-13T05:02:42ZRe: Forums: Hell's Vengeance: Paizo Blog: Meet the Villains--UrgrazAvatar-1https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5linl?Meet-the-VillainsUrgraz#232016-04-08T04:18:21Z2016-04-08T04:18:21Z<p>That's heinous!</p>That's heinous!Avatar-12016-04-08T04:18:21ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: How to print Maps?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tkgy?How-to-print-Maps#142019-07-26T18:09:45Z2016-04-06T00:14:59Z<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXbjFJkSuuhSasqHKk5G7POTpp1du9TWmFdOeU0qpNY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here's a complete guide on how to extract and print maps.</a></p>Here's a complete guide on how to extract and print maps.Avatar-12016-04-06T00:14:59ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: A general ARRRGHH over ultimate intrigue and its impact on reading the rules for PFSAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tkff&page=3?A-general-ARRRGHH-over-ultimate-intrigue-and#1442016-04-05T15:56:19Z2016-04-05T06:12:18Z<p>There's a point being mostly missed here that I think BNW was originally trying to make - that the style of these new rules, when used in PFS, become tools for inexperienced (or problematic) GMs to abuse.</p>
<p>With good GMs, <i>they are not a problem at all.</i> Mark's point is correct, they will not affect those games. That's not the point of this thread.</p>
<p>It's only when you're playing with a GM who knows these feats exist and says well now you can't do x because y feat exists for that. That is the only case we're talking about.</p>
<p>In other words, rules like these become a tool for GMs to inadvertantly cause strife for players in PFS, because they want to play as closely to the rules as possible, and these new rules suggest - rightly or wrongly - that there's things you cannot do the original way. And that kind of thing can drive people away from playing with that GM again at best (and that's what's been the recommended solution in the past for that kind of experience), or it can drive people away from PFS at worst.</p>
<p>I mean, does the PFS guide need to be updated to talk more about this kind of thing? What's the solution?</p>There's a point being mostly missed here that I think BNW was originally trying to make - that the style of these new rules, when used in PFS, become tools for inexperienced (or problematic) GMs to abuse.
With good GMs, they are not a problem at all. Mark's point is correct, they will not affect those games. That's not the point of this thread.
It's only when you're playing with a GM who knows these feats exist and says well now you can't do x because y feat exists for that. That is the...Avatar-12016-04-05T06:12:18ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Those who use PDFs instead of booksAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tj4l?Those-who-use-PDFs-instead-of-books#192016-03-21T08:43:30Z2016-03-21T08:43:30Z<p>You can get a text file template of a PFS character sheet <a href="http://www.pfrpg.com.au/charsheets/Character%20Sheet%20Template%20(Pathfinder%20Society).txt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>You can get a text file template of a PFS character sheet here.Avatar-12016-03-21T08:43:30ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: A list of things that Ultimate Intrigue clarified for me in the first 10 minutes of readingAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tjaa?A-list-of-things-that-Ultimate-Intrigue#382016-03-17T06:24:21Z2016-03-17T06:24:21Z<p>So... are these FAQs? FAQs that only apply if you own the book? 90% core rulebook FAQs?</p>So... are these FAQs? FAQs that only apply if you own the book? 90% core rulebook FAQs?Avatar-12016-03-17T06:24:21ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Charging While SqueezingAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2thg5?Charging-While-Squeezing#242016-02-29T01:43:37Z2016-02-29T01:43:37Z<p>I don't think the intent of <i>"You ignore difficult terrain when you charge, run, or withdraw."</i> considers squeezing through a narrow gap, especially with a mount without Compression (or Belt of the Weasel).</p>
<p>Difficult terrain is usually something on the floor to impede movement.</p>
<p>Does the cavalier have Dragon Style as well? In a mount-and-rider situation, I would think both of them would need it to benefit? There might be a rule that sidesteps that?</p>
<p>If both the rider and the mount had Dragon Style, and the mount had Compression, then I'd say go for it.</p>I don't think the intent of "You ignore difficult terrain when you charge, run, or withdraw." considers squeezing through a narrow gap, especially with a mount without Compression (or Belt of the Weasel).
Difficult terrain is usually something on the floor to impede movement.
Does the cavalier have Dragon Style as well? In a mount-and-rider situation, I would think both of them would need it to benefit? There might be a rule that sidesteps that?
If both the rider and the mount had Dragon...Avatar-12016-02-29T01:43:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: How to deal with pacifists?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2taka?How-to-deal-with-pacifists#172016-02-02T02:29:05Z2016-02-02T02:29:05Z<p>Usually when you have a niche character like this, the party needs to be able to adapt to a very different situation than they may be used to. </p>
<p>She probably has some sort of obligation to tell the table about her pacifist ways before the game begins, and the table should work out how to deal with combat in what could effectively be an encounter with one less party member. That might mean changing formation, or different tactics, or maybe buffing and healing the party regularly.</p>
<p>Without that kind of organisation to begin with, it might become a matter of bad party management if half of you go in just hoping for the best.</p>Usually when you have a niche character like this, the party needs to be able to adapt to a very different situation than they may be used to.
She probably has some sort of obligation to tell the table about her pacifist ways before the game begins, and the table should work out how to deal with combat in what could effectively be an encounter with one less party member. That might mean changing formation, or different tactics, or maybe buffing and healing the party regularly.
Without that...Avatar-12016-02-02T02:29:05ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Just Some Quick VentingAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9jr?Just-Some-Quick-Venting#142016-01-25T02:53:17Z2016-01-25T02:53:17Z<p>Maybe it's just the way you told it, but that game sounds like it's coming along with a GREAT story! You've got a bit of an Empire Strikes Back thing happening with the way you're splitting the party, on what sounds like two reasonably important missions.</p>
<p>Even the paladin's attempt to stop you but ultimately letting you go sounds epic!</p>Maybe it's just the way you told it, but that game sounds like it's coming along with a GREAT story! You've got a bit of an Empire Strikes Back thing happening with the way you're splitting the party, on what sounds like two reasonably important missions.
Even the paladin's attempt to stop you but ultimately letting you go sounds epic!Avatar-12016-01-25T02:53:17ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Best Scenarios for Online PlayAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9h6?Best-Scenarios-for-Online-Play#122016-01-22T05:01:56Z2016-01-22T05:01:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sammy T wrote:</div><blockquote> Not all scenarios are suited for playing online via chat and virtual tabletop. In your opinion, what scenarios work well online and why? </blockquote><p>It might help if you can tell us a few scenarios you think don't work well online, and why?Sammy T wrote:Not all scenarios are suited for playing online via chat and virtual tabletop. In your opinion, what scenarios work well online and why?
It might help if you can tell us a few scenarios you think don't work well online, and why?Avatar-12016-01-22T05:01:56ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Tips for GM'ing (or Playing) in a Loud RoomAvatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9ji?Tips-for-GMing-in-a-Loud-Room#162016-01-22T17:18:00Z2016-01-22T00:14:16Z<p>Not gonna lie - noise has badly affected games enough that it's turned me away from playing and GMing at those venues forever, even (and maybe especially) if they're popular.</p>Not gonna lie - noise has badly affected games enough that it's turned me away from playing and GMing at those venues forever, even (and maybe especially) if they're popular.Avatar-12016-01-22T00:14:16ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Gen Con 2016 Call for Volunteers!Avatar-1https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lie2?Gen-Con-2016-Call-for-Volunteers#182016-01-22T00:10:11Z2016-01-22T00:10:11Z<p>Has it been considered to have 2 sessions a day instead of 3? Should solve both of those problems.</p>Has it been considered to have 2 sessions a day instead of 3? Should solve both of those problems.Avatar-12016-01-22T00:10:11ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Extra Item Slot Feat - a way to Armor your Eidolon?Avatar-1https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9la?Extra-Item-Slot-Feat-a-way-to-Armor-your#22016-01-22T00:03:21Z2016-01-22T00:03:21Z<p>Pathfinder's "magic item slots" refers to wondrous item slots.</p>Pathfinder's "magic item slots" refers to wondrous item slots.Avatar-12016-01-22T00:03:21ZRe: Forums: Andoran: We NEED a change in Andoran LeadershipBuck Beastwood (alias of Avatar-1)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pp5x?We-NEED-a-change-in-Andoran-Leadership#382013-05-01T03:28:16Z2013-05-01T03:28:16Z<p>Were you the good guys? Were you really?</p>Were you the good guys? Were you really?Buck Beastwood (alias of Avatar-1)2013-05-01T03:28:16ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: 04-14 My Enemy's EnemyAvаtar (alias of Avatar-1)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pgn1?0414-My-Enemys-Enemy#492013-03-12T01:18:23Z2013-03-12T01:18:23Z<p>I was the urban druid in the same KestlerGunner was in. </p>
<p>I actually thought the difficulty level was spot on. I haven't really liked the overly challenging season 4 ones, and even though we had a level 7 with us, it felt a lot like our success was dependent on the party makeup, some clever/risky tactics and being in the right place at the right time. More scenarios should be like that.</p>I was the urban druid in the same KestlerGunner was in.
I actually thought the difficulty level was spot on. I haven't really liked the overly challenging season 4 ones, and even though we had a level 7 with us, it felt a lot like our success was dependent on the party makeup, some clever/risky tactics and being in the right place at the right time. More scenarios should be like that.Avаtar (alias of Avatar-1)2013-03-12T01:18:23ZRe: Forums: Advice: What are ninjas and gunslingers good for?Avаtar (alias of Avatar-1)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pkbd?What-are-ninjas-and-gunslingers-good-for#92013-03-11T22:39:23Z2013-03-11T22:39:23Z<p>Even a multiclass gunslinger/ninja (which doesn't sound like a good mix), should still have done more than 10-15 damage throughout a whole session unless the dice were miserably bad.</p>Even a multiclass gunslinger/ninja (which doesn't sound like a good mix), should still have done more than 10-15 damage throughout a whole session unless the dice were miserably bad.Avаtar (alias of Avatar-1)2013-03-11T22:39:23ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Misfire on a critical hit confirmation rollAvаtar (alias of Avatar-1)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p3gl?Misfire-on-a-critical-hit-confirmation-roll#202013-03-11T22:14:57Z2013-03-11T22:14:57Z<p>I don't know for sure what the RAW is (it could potentially go either way if you rule hard enough), but I'm pretty sure the intent of the critical confirmation is just <i>to determine if it's a critical hit or not, and nothing else</i>.</p>I don't know for sure what the RAW is (it could potentially go either way if you rule hard enough), but I'm pretty sure the intent of the critical confirmation is just to determine if it's a critical hit or not, and nothing else.Avаtar (alias of Avatar-1)2013-03-11T22:14:57ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Tripping build QuestionsAvаtar (alias of Avatar-1)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pjxg?Tripping-build-Questions#82013-03-08T09:31:55Z2013-03-08T09:31:55Z<p>Stand Still stops them from moving out of their square, not getting up from prone.</p>Stand Still stops them from moving out of their square, not getting up from prone.Avаtar (alias of Avatar-1)2013-03-08T09:31:55Z